PG19 - Ventilatory management and cough enhancement in patients with neuromuscular disease

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
Aims: Respiratory management of neuromuscular disease is commonly overlooked, and simple measures and techniques that are not universally taught or used can make large differences to the patients' morbidity and quality of life, as well as to mortality. This course aims to provide participants with the tools and knowledge to better manage these patients by providing the following:
- knowledge of the main issues in mechanisms, diagnosis and management of respiratory failure and inadequate cough;
- an update in respiratory assessment and patient evaluation;
- an update in intervention and clinical management of chronic, and prevention of acute, ventilatory failure;
- updates of current evidence and practical descriptions for inspiratory and expiratory aids and techniques for secretion management.

Ventilatory impairment in neuromuscular dysfunction: What to measure? When to treat? A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Cough dysfunction: What to measure? When to treat? J. Winck (Porto, Portugal)
Managing respiratory failure and symptom control in acute and chronic settings M. Toussaint (Brussels, Belgium)
Manual techniques for lung expansion and cough augumentation M. Goncalves (Porto, Portugal), J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
Mechanical aids for secretion clearance M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom), M. Toussaint (Brussels, Belgium)